How immigrants hoping for a better life in Britain came to be viewed as ‘colonisers’ or ‘invaders’

Britain’s history is intertwined with empire and colonialism. The UK was forged as a nation-state alongside, and partly to ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Historic Fall in UK Migration Can’t Come Fast Enough for Starmer

Figures due on Thursday are likely to show Keir Starmer presiding over the biggest ever drop in net migration to the UK. For the prime minister, however, the hard part will be getting any credit from ...
Yahoo

Five graphs to explain the UK’s population boom and the role of immigration

New population projection statistics from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) project that the UK will grow by 7.3 percent in the decade up to 2032. This net growth of 4.9 million people is ...
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Net migration to the UK: What numbers have changed and why?

The revised figures suggest overall net migration in recent years peaked slightly higher and earlier than previously reported, and has since fallen more sharply. Here the PA news agency explains which ...
THE WEEK

What does the fall in net migration mean for the UK?

Net migration in the UK has fallen to its lowest level since 2021 after the “single largest outflow of people in a century as a proportion of the UK population”. In the year to June, 693,000 people – ...